Events

AI Ready: All Campus Essentials

This year, Butler University is participating in a program hosted by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) designed to foster learning, share resources, and increase effective adoption related to artificial intelligence (AI).

The first sessions begin weekly in September 2024 and will continue through July 2025, excluding December and May. This will provide a total of 36 hours of content organized into nine essential topics and tailored to different areas and roles on campus.

Program Goal

This program equips faculty, staff, and administrators with a foundational understanding of generative A.I. as it relates to rotating topics relevant to our campuses.

How the Network Runs

Each month will feature a set of four hour-long sessions (usually including an overview of generative AI, current practices in the field, insights from vendor partners, and taking next steps). The topic each month will change, but the format of these sessions will be very similar. We are excited to announce our topics for the Fall:

• September 5-26: Admissions and Enrollment;
• October 3-24: Advancement & Alumni;
• October 31-November 21: Faculty – Tools for Personalized Learning.
• January 9 – January 30: Student Retention
• February 6 – February 27: Academic Affairs

CIC will have the weekly meetings on Thursdays at 2:00 pm EST. These meetings will be held in a virtual, synchronous format. Please note that CIC does not plan to post recordings of the sessions.

Who Should Attend

We do not anticipate anyone attending every month, and few people attending multiple months.  We anticipate most staff would attend one month/one topic/one block of four meetings, with faculty persons attending a few different months. 

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